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Trump finds pockets of Latino support

Latinos angered by Donald Trump's tough stance on immigration could have been the Republican candidate's biggest obstacle on the road to the White House.

As it turned out, the brash New York businessman won enough Hispanic votes in Tuesday's election to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton, with some Hispanics who supported him citing everything from ambivalence on immigration to conservative values and job growth.

Reuters/Ipsos Election Day polling showed 28 per cent of America's Hispanic voters cast ballots for Trump, compared to 66 per cent for Clinton, putting him on a par with Republican Mitt Romney's performance with the group in 2012.

That outcome helped Trump upset Clinton in the critical battleground state of Florida, where he won 31 per cent of Latino voters, while fending off challenges in border states such as Texas and Arizona.

Trump's win on Tuesday came as a blow to pro-immigrant advocates who had been hoping that his calls for mass deportations of undocumented foreigners, as well as a massive border wall with Mexico, would drive Latinos to the polls against him in a showcase of rising Hispanic political power.

"In our point of view, Latinos did their part to stop Trump," said Frank Sharry, executive director of immigrants' rights group America's Voice. But he added: "There's going to be a lot of finger pointing."

On the streets of Miami overnight, celebrations by Latino Trump supporters offered a glimpse of his appeal.

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"He supports my values," said Humberto Quintero, 55, a Venezuelan-American who was among a large crowd celebrating outside Versailles Restaurant in a Cuban neighborhood in Miami, as cars passed honking their horns.

He said Trump's promise to restore American manufacturing jobs was also an important issue for him. "When I was young, everything was made in America," Quintero said. "Now everything is made in China."

Hispanics made up 17.6 of the US population in 2015, up 12 per cent from 2012, according to the US Census, making them the country's largest ethnic minority. By 2060, more than one-in-four people in America will be Latino.